Vitter speaks

Via Talkingpointsmemo.com:

Here's my question: which stories aren't true? the Canal Street brothel stories? the diaper stories? I mean, talk of non-denial denial...

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David Vitter Diaper Fetishist

OK. I never thought I'd ever write something like that. This is so fucking funny. For some reason it always seems to happen to sanctimonious right-wing Christian authoritarians. I mean if this turns out to be even 10% true, we are officially entering J. Edgar Hoover territory.

Your Right Hand Thief has the story. Wonkette and Jay Leno went national with it:

"The darling of the religious right, conservative Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, not only admitted to having sex with prostitutes, he would pay them $300 to make him wear diapers. And today that crazy astronaut called him 'my dream guy, he's got my vote!" --Jay Leno

To be perfectly honest, it seems that there are somewhat contradictory accounts - obviously, it will be hard to establish the entire truth here, given the shady characters involved (the Madam, the Senator and the prostitute). And perhaps goons will be sent to make everyone shut up. This is the Bayou after all.

As for the Republican party, it's really turning into the Kinky Party (hey, now that's my kind of party). If anything, it gives a whole new meaning to the Daddy Party.

Let's see here, we've got the pathological narcissistic cross-dresser, Frederick of Hollywood, and Vitter the Diaper.



I've seen the future of white male patriarchy in the US, and it's wearing pantyhose and diapers.

Technorati Tags:David Vitter, diaper fetish, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Republican Party, election 2008, patriarchy, conservatism, white trash, christianists

On a lighter note: Rudy vs. the Ferret guy

You need help! It's your shield, it's your whatever... Rudy knows a creep when he hears one...


And tomorrow: Argentina meets Brazil. This is a dream match. Lionel Messi, Carlos Tevez, Hernan Crespo (possibly) and Juan Roman Riquelme against a young Auriverde squad featuring the amazing Robinho. WOW. Oh and let me commit that to the hard drive: 3-2 Argentina.

Technorati Tags:Rudy Giuliani, ferrets, creepy, politics, Republican Party, Election 2008

Firefighters vs. Rudy Giulani

Someone I know who left New York once told me that most New Yorkers positively hate Rudy Giuliani. Some of this might explain why.



Update:
A few quick remarks. Although the whole video is supposed to be for members of the Union, they really could have dispensed with the long, drawn-out preamble.The most devastating moment is the snippet of his appearance before the 9/11 commission. I hope someone splices the thing down to 50 seconds - defective radios, no bid contracts, couldn't hear the evacuation order, and then Rudy claiming that firefighters decided to stand their ground.

In light of that I thought the shot of Rudy running was perhaps not that necessary. It's as if they weren't sure they had enough stuff with the no-bid contracts for defective radios, the successful evacuation of NYPD people vs. the 141 firefighters who didn't hear the order, and the gold vs. firefighters' remains. I mean they really did not need the cheap shots of Rudy running.

Besides, the fact that Rudy was outside should have been emphasized more - there's only one mention of NYC emergency HQ being in the general area. The fact that Rudy was running around outside with members of the press is precisely because he had nowhere to go - since he had ordered the emergency HQ to be located in the WTC, against the advice of the NYPD and the FDNY. So they could have done a better job with that.

Rudy really, really gets on my nerves

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Family values, Republican Style

The whole thing is really creepy and exploitative. I hope he resigns in shame (he probably won't, precisely because all his recent actions demonstrate that he has no sense of shame at all). Another sanctimonious family values Southern conservative pig has just been nailed.
Also, at times he kind of looks like a strange cross between George Felix "Macaca" Allen and Dr. Phil. Especially when he rolls his eyes.
I wonder what he's gonna tell his perfectly nice daughter. Not to mention his wife. (thanks TPM)

Technorati Tags:Republican Party, Family values, Christianity, Faith, Rudy Giuliani, David Vitter, Conservatism, Gay marriage, Macaca, George Allen, Dr. Phil

fascinating stuff

From Sunday's WaPo: "Research Links Lead Exposure, Criminal Activity"

Although one should be mindful of naive environmental determinism, this sounds really, really intriguing.
The article opens by saying that Dr. Nevin's research undermines Rudy Giuliani's claim that he singlehandedly cleaned up New York. That might or might not be so - in the end the putative accomplishments of Giuliani are inconsequential. This research kicks ass: Dr. Nevin correlated the rise and fall of crime with exposure to lead. He found similar trends in 9 other countries, over a century. I can't wait to hear Stephen Leavitt's opinion on this.

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They hate freed'm

I couldn't say it better than Glenn Greenwald today:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/06/22/water_electric/index.html

"We continue to prop up the Middle East's most brutal dictators and support those leaders who lose in democratic elections, while righteously pretending that our invasions, occupations and bombing campaigns are about spreading democracy (we're delivering "God's gift to every man, woman and child"). And the raging debates in our country are over the extent to which we should torture people and how many more Muslims we should lock away for life with no charges of any kind.

The next time there is a terrorist attack, we can all sit around bewildered, scratching our heads and solemnly asking: "Why do they hate us?" And the only answer that will be allowed -- a rule to be piously enforced by the Owner of 9/11 himself, Rudy Giuliani -- will be the extremely honest and illuminating: "They hate us for our freedoms."

the end of Rudy Giuliani's presidential bid?

Let's hope. Let's hope he gets hell for ditching the Irak Study Group so that he could make a few bucks. That's Rudy for you. Respect for the troops. Leadership. Concern for the national interest. Not surprising for the guy who tried to have New York City's mayoral elections postponed in the wake of 9/11. It's all over the internets already. Let's see how this plays out in the MSM.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/014692.php

And the original story in Newsday is there .